2017 Achievements are reported based on 4 cluster objectives, 3 of them being operational and the fourth one related to the coordination itself. Each operational cluster objective is covering a particular aspect of the response: the first one includes core life saving and immediate activities, the second one is related to transitional solutions and providing adequate shelter in the absence of durable solutions, and the third one aims to stabilize on a longer term perspective the humanitarian situation with pilot reconstruction and repairs to community infrastructure.

A cursory analysis of the draft Law of Ukraine No 7000 On the State Budget of Ukraine for 2018 (the draft version as of November 30, 2017) suggests that next year, the situation with financing of governmental programs on supporting internally displaced persons and the areas affected by armed conflict in Eastern Ukraine won’t drastically change. On the contrary, slight decline in financing of certain public bodies dealing with these problems and certain budget programs can be observed in some cases. This decrease can be unnoticed in UAH.

The total number of officially registered IDPs has decreased substantially in November (by over 109,000 people).

Even IDP pensioners permanently registered in the Government Controlled Areas (GCA) cannot receive pensions without IDP registration: Most departments of the Pension Fund of Ukraine (PFU) refuse to provide pensions to these IDPs without IDP registration.
Therefore, these IDPs continue renewing their IDP registration solely to receive their pensions.

Housing, land and property issues are key protection concerns for conflict-affected people in Ukraine.1 For people living close to the contact line separating governmentcontrolled areas (GCA) and non-government controlled areas (NGCA) of Ukraine, expropriation and occupation of residential houses, commercial property and private agricultural land by military actors has been reported.

Military occupation of housing, including looting and damage, has been reported both in GCA and NGCA.

Between 1 January 2017 and 30 November 2017, 171,300 refugees and migrants arrived by sea and land to Europe (Greece, Italy, Spain and Cyprus only, including arrivals to the Canary Islands and by land to Spain). While sea arrivals to Europe in November were 51% lower than last year, largely due to fewer people crossing from Libya, higher numbers crossed from Libya in November than in October while Spain recorded the highest number of land and sea arrivals this year.

UNHCR has increased aid supplies to people in eastern Ukraine, where freezing temperatures and fighting make thKYIV, Ukraine – Even during gunfire and freezing winters, Sergei* and his 83-year-old mother always had their rose garden to lift their spirits. Then, one day in 2016, a shell reduced it to ash. Now, for them and millions of others in eastern Ukraine, it will be a struggle to make it through the winter months.

Security situation: In November 2017, OHCHR recorded 25 conflict-related civilian casualties: 5 people killed and 20 injured. 68% of all civilian casualties are mine-related.

Mine Action: On November 5, one child was reportedly killed and two more injured due to an unexploded ordinance detonation at a school in Staromykhailivka (Donetsk region, NGCA).
On November 16, pupils were evacuated from a school in Kremenivka (Donetsk region, GCA), as an unexploded ordinance was found in the school yard.

The Global Protection Cluster (GPC) Protection Mainstreaming Toolkit (hereafter referred to as “Toolkit”) is designed as a companion to the GPC Protection Mainstreaming Training Package (hereafter referred to as “Training Package”). The Training Package is the starting point to understand the concept and principles of “protection mainstreaming”.